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Auction: 1025 - The Turl Collection of Naval General Service Medals 1793 - 1840
Lot: 45

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Off Mardoe 6 July 1812 (John Powell, Master.), very fine Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 John Powell served as Master in H.M.S. Flamer during the action with a Danish squadron, which included the destruction of the 40-gun frigate Nayaden by H.M. Ships Dictator, the brigs Calypso and Podargus and the gun-brig Flamer, off Mardoe, on the coast of Norway, 6.7.1812 Approximately 47 clasps issued for this action, of which Powell was the only recipient from the Flamer. Provenance: Glendining December 1915 and June 1919 Baldwin 1966

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